truck crop
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of truck crop
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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On the Atlantic seaboard, the more enterprising man will use the third field for rotation, and sell some of the fertility of the western grain in the form of a truck crop.
From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
Beattie, W. R. Tomatoes as a truck crop.
From The Tomato by Work, Paul
For the truck crop was bringing them in a bigger sum of money than even Hiram had expected.
From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.
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